Santee schools promote recycling

The Santee School District and Waste Management have kicked off a campaign at Rio Seco, Cajon Park and Pride Academy elementary schools to promote student awareness of recycling.

In addition to raising awareness, Santee students will be rewarded for their recycling efforts. Aluminum cans and plastic bottles brought to any of the schools by students will be collected by Waste Management, then weighed at Waste Management’s buy-back center.

All proceeds from the bottles and cans they collect will go to the students' respective schools.